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Polverini Receives Award for Vision

Gies Award for Outstanding Vision by a Dental Educator

Peter J. Polverini, D.D.S., D.M.Sc., Professor, Periodontics and Oral Medicine was among eight honorees selected to receive a 2015 William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement in Oral Health. A distinguished panel of judges consisting of the ADEAGies Foundation Board of Trustee honored Polverini with the Gies Award for Outstanding Vision by a Dental Educator.

In the nomination letter, Dean Laurie McCauley noted, "Peter is a remarkable mentor, scholar, motivator, and administrator. He distinguished himself as a leader among the best. He imagined a future for dental education, built a new foundation, acquired new faculty talents, inspired the players, and implemented a new model."